initial cost

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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cost
noun
uk
/kɒst/us
/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, or ...
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(Definition ofinitialandcostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This model should be useful forinitialcost-effectiveness investigations.
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Theinitialcostinformation first began to appear on these sell bids.
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Based on such an analysis, a component would have to pay aninitialcostto make some of these decisions.
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This paper aims to devise a model of management options to assist ininitialcost-effectiveness investigations.
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Thus, theinitialcostlevel was significantly above average in two centers and significantly below average in three centers.
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Theinitialcostis high.
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There would be aninitialcost.
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That was to be theinitialcost.
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But that is aninitialcost.
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The ultimate effects ofinitialcostinternalization on economic aggregates would have to be modelled according to prevailing price elasticities and technological (production) structures.
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The drawbacks could be: 1) highinitialcostfor video thoracoscopic instrumentation; and 2) the risk of emergency thoracotomy for major bleeding.
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In this study, a longer time frame was adopted that allowed more time for theinitialcostadvantage of open non-mesh to be removed.
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I should like to know what theinitialcostwas.
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One is theinitialcostof building nuclear submarines.
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Certainly there would be a substantialinitialcost.
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There will be aninitialcostand a continuing cost.
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Theinitialcostof a battleship is about £7,000,000.
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Theinitialcostof these aircraft was about £420,000.
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Therefore, the operating cost of an airliner is far more important than theinitialcost, even though theinitialcostis tremendous.
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The case for an environmental tax or tradable permit remains, but the figure suggests why an innovation policy is also needed, to progress beyond theinitialcosthurdle.
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However, many of the patients who would survive for a sufficient period of time to make theinitialcost of home conversion worthwhile may, in practice, receive transplantations.
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In many parts of the world the lime cost : sugar price ratio is such that theinitialcostof lime would have been redeemable within a few seasons.
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The electricity they save will more than cover their extrainitialcost.
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Of these 243 occupy unestablished posts, at aninitialcostof £52,797.
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Theinitialcostof providing access and sewage on such a site would be about £½ million.
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